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...example, if BCE hopes to bring back some of the old luster to its valuation, analysts say, it must turn back advances made by cable operators and invest billions of dollars in network upgrades. Nowhere is this more urgent than in the province of Quebec, where Videotron Ltd. has coaxed 850,000 customers away from Bell Canada since launching its cable phone service four years ago. That figure is expected to top 1 million in 2009, driven in part by Videotron's ability to attract subscribers to a discounted triple-play bundle that combines voice, cable and high-speed Internet...
Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are adding new luster to the role of the 21st century First Lady - with their style and smarts, they complement and sometimes even outshine their high-profile husbands. Other recent First Ladies, such as Hillary Clinton and Argentina's Cristina Kirchner, have used their experiences in the halls of power to launch themselves into political offices of their own. But Veronica Lario, wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has a different approach to this historically supporting part...
...fresh university graduates in black suits have become as common a sight in Tokyo as April's cherry blossoms. But this year, things are different. According to a closely watched annual survey, the companies that were once synonymous with Japan Inc. - Toyota, Sony, Sharp and Canon - have lost their luster as potential employers. For those seeking secure jobs-for-life, students are instead looking to relatively low-risk industries such as railroads and public utilities...
...maintenance of cars that are no longer new but have to be repaired over time is a tremendously large and very profitable business. Building and selling new cars has lost most of its luster. And, it is not a stand alone industry any more. There is too much competition and not enough money...
...half-hour allotted for tea and cookies before the meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences lost some of its luster yesterday. Instead of the thick, glossy paper typically used for the minutes of the past month’s Faculty meeting, the most recent documents stacked on the tables were printed on conventional thin stock. “Today is the last day you’ll see a wide variety of printed material available to us in the Faculty meeting,” FAS Dean Michael D. Smith said in his first piece of news regarding...